However, modern criticism has labeled some of these plays " problem plays" that elude easy categorisation, or perhaps purposely break generic conventions, and has introduced the term romances for what scholars believe to be his later comedies. The traditional division of his plays into tragedies, comedies, and histories follows the categories used in the First Folio. Many of his plays appeared in print as a series of quartos, but approximately half of them remained unpublished until 1623, when the posthumous First Folio was published. The plays have been translated into every major living language. Shakespeare's plays are widely regarded as being among the greatest in the English language and are continually performed around the world. The exact number of plays-as well as their classifications as tragedy, history, comedy, or otherwise-is a matter of scholarly debate. Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. Sir John Gilbert's 1849 painting: The Plays of Shakespeare, containing scenes and characters from several of William Shakespeare's plays
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